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A controversial amendment to the employment laws for non-Bermudians is set to ensure a stormy session in the House of Assembly today. And MPs are likely to sit into the early hours of tomorrow to discuss the amendment -- claimed by Opposition Labour ...

Progressive Labour Party MP Dr. Ewart Brown yesterday hit out at a decision by the Speaker of the House of Assembly to forbid him a vote in a motion that would have allowed him to remain in Parliament -- and keep his US passport. Dr. Brown -- MP for ...

conviction involving stealing nearly $400,000 from the estate of a dead TV journalist. Mr. Vaucrosson, who served a year of a two year sentence before being paroled last year, appealed conviction on eight counts of stealing. But yesterday an Appeal C...

for taking a seat in the House of Assembly after becoming a US citizen, according to a top UK expert in constitutional law. And English barrister Michael Beloff QC said the chances of Dr. Brown being found guilty were -- on the face of it -- "reasona...

Members of Parliament are to debate plans to allow the sale of duty free liquor at the Airport at a special session of the House of Assembly today. The Bermuda Airport (Duty Free Sales) Act, which would allow the sale of duty free liquor from outlets...

ERROR RG P4 25.6.1997 A story in yesterday's paper incorrectly stated the Court of Appeal was headed by Chief Justice Austin Wood. The President of the Court of Appeal is Sir James Astwood. Disgraced lawyer Charles Vaucrosson yesterday launched a bi...

Bermudians and get job security -- but they will not get the vote. The news came as Labour and Home Affairs Minister Quinton Edness yesterday unveiled a discussion paper aimed as easing the plight of long-time residents on the Island, a move revealed...

Long-term residents could be set to get a better deal in Bermuda, it was revealed yesterday. For Government will this morning table a discussion paper outlining possible ways to offer more security to non-Bermudians who have spent decades on the Isla...

controversial bill to ban restaurants with a foreign flavour returns to the front tomorrow. The ruling United Bermuda Party -- which holds its caucus today -- is still trying to find a way to minimise embarrassment by a rebel grouping of five MPs, th...

The first step towards opening up Bermuda's airport to duty-free sales has been taken. For a new bill to legalise sales of liquor, tobacco and other goods on-site and allow for warehouse storage at the airport has been brought before the House of Ass...